ATP News : 2006


Nadal Denies Federer\'s Shot at History in Roland Garros Final

Defending champion Rafael Nadal recovered from a horror start against World No. 1 Roger Federer to clinch his second consecutive Roland Garros title with a 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6(4) win in Paris Sunday


Nadal dropped the first five games of the match but from that point on did not surrender his serve until he served for the match at 5-4 in the fourth set. Although Federer broke serve to take the match into a tie-break, Nadal held his nerve to record his sixth victory in seven career meetings against Federer.

Federer was bidding to become just the sixth man in history to win all four Grand Slam titles and just the third man to win four consecutive Grand Slam titles.

Nadal improved his perfect Roland Garros record to 14-0, his clay court winning streak to 60 matches and also moved his career record on clay to 100-12.

Nadal, who also defeated Federer in the finals of Masters Series Monte-Carlo and Rome earlier in the clay court season, handed Federer his first defeat in eight Grand Slam finals. He also snapped Federer\'s 27-match winning streak at Grand Slam level.



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